Adding a new en-suite

csgohan4

will a macerator work if your severely constipated? I couldn't imagine the noise it would make be quiet

sandyk01

Thank you all for your helpful suggestions- I agree in that I wouldn't want to lose a bedroom.

Its a detached property with an integrated double garage. It's an 70's build I think so not new at all.

It's been on the market for quiet awhile and has had the price slashed 5 times! It's in a very good location with good schools around.

It's always difficult to balance buying a really nice house within budget in a not so good area- or buying a not so good house in a great area!

Heres the link to the house: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71093045.html

TamsinC

If I was going to do anything I'd extend out over the garage and create a master ensuite there.

And always go for the good location

sandyk01

Thanks- I think that's most definitely an option- although we aren't sure if the foundations are deep enough for a double storey extension- we think the neighbor did a loft conversion rather than extending above the garage because of the foundations!

ReadingTim

For what reason do you actually think you need one? As well as size, the layout of the bedrooms means the loo is basically the same distance from each of the rooms, so it's not as if anyone's got much further to do in the middle of the night. Plus there's a loo downstairs should there be any simultaneous calls on the facilities, day or night; and, if the floorplan is to be believed, it might be possible to get a shower cubicle in that space under/round the stairs on the ground floor.

I honestly feel there is genuinely no need for an en suite in this property.

need_an_answer

Having seen the pictures I am convinced you couldn't lose any bedrrom space.


Whats interesting is that there isn't even a pic of bed 4 I don think, but there are 2 pics of one of the other bedrooms from different angles.


Apart from the master room,the others have been photographed with single beds in.

Maybe that's how the current occupier uses them for children but it does give the impression the rooms are huge and true doubles.

AlexMac

Now you've told us where it is it seems a good buy; but I wouldn't bank on being able to get planning permission for a two-storey side extension, (whether by building over or demolishing and starting afresh) as no other house in the street seems to have done this and many properties are only one-storey bungalows. But maybe worth a chat with a Planning Duty Officer who might give you a steer.

Check the council website and the national Planning Portal, but I'm sure 2 storey extensions are outside "Permitted Developement" so would require a Plan App.

How about converting some or all the garage space? I did this recently without Planning Permission but did get Building Regs approvals; all they wanted was beefed up foundations where the up and over door was replaced by brickwork and a window, plus lots more insulation. We did a very high spec conversion to a habitable room with an en-suite, involving lots of moving underground plumbing and soilpipes as a shared sewer runs below the garage, for less than £18k... And you, like us, have a driveway for the motor...?